Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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SPECIAL FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1015 AM MDT THU JUL 18 1996

...FIRE DANGER HIGH TO VERY HIGH ACROSS WESTERN COLORADO...

LAND MANAGERS IN COLORADO REPORT THE FIRE DANGER TO BE VERY HIGH ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO TODAY...INCLUDING AREAS AROUND
GRAND JUNCTION...CRAIG...DINOSAUR NATIONAL MONUMENT...AND BROWNS PARK
WILDLIFE REFUGE.  THE REST OF WESTERN COLORADO HAD HIGH FIRE DANGER.

NINE NEW FIRES WERE REPORTED IN COLORADO YESTERDAY.  WHILE SOME PLACES
HAVE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM RAINS...MOST AREAS STILL HAVE
EXTREMELY DRY GRASS AND BRUSH.  CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO
START AND SPREAD QUICKLY.

FIRE BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT IN MANY AREAS...AND EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE
USED WHERE BURNING IS ALLOWED.  CHECK WITH LOCAL AUTHORITIES SUCH AS THE
FOREST SERVICE AND COUNTY SHERIFFS FOR DETAILS ON FIRE RESTRICTIONS.

HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CO&NTINUE THROUGHT THIS WEEKEND WITH LIMITED
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY...SO THE FIRE DANGER WILL REMAIN HIGH TO VERY HIGH
ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN COLORADO.  PLEASE REPORT ANY FIRES TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

GIMMESTAD

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SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1130 AM MDT THU JUL 18 1996

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COLORADO COUNTIES

ADAMS     ARAPAHOE     BOULDER   CLEAR CREEK   DENVER       DOUGLAS
ELBERT    GILPIN       GRAND     JACKSON       JEFFERSON    LARIMER
LINCOLN   LOGAN        MORGAN    PARK          PHILLIPS     SEDGWICK
SUMMIT    WASHINGTON   WELD

SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWEST COLORADO
IS FORECAST TO TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY THIS EVENING.  THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THE ENERGY AND MOISTURE
NEEDED TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS WILL BE PRONED TO FLASH
FLOODING IF HEAVY RAINFALL SHOULD DEVELOP.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM SLOW MOVING STORMS.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE
FRONT RANGE...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ON THE NORTHEAST
PLAINS WITH AFTERNOON HEATING.

SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.  ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE HAIL...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS.

STORM SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLASH
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  IN ADDITION...STORM SPOTTER
ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON IN THE EVENT SEVERE WEATHER
SHOULD DEVELOP.

BAKER

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
140 PM MDT THU JUL 18 1996

...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG STATIONARY BOUNDARY...

AT 135 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING NORTHEAST ALONG A BOUNDARY FROM
SOUTHERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES TO NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED IN
EXTREME SOUTHERN ELBERT COUNTY 6 MILES WEST OF KUTCH...OR ABOUT 25
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON.

THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10
MILES PER HOUR.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES TOGETHER WITH SMALL HAIL ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO
A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER APPROACHES.

DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
OCCUR WITH THESE STORM.

BAKER